Tag: floating PV
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Will floating PV start trending? NREL estimates its potential in the U.S.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers estimate that installing floating solar photovoltaics on the more than 24,000 man-made U.S. reservoirs could generate about 10 percent of the nation’s annual electricity production. Their findings, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, reveal for the first time the potential for floatingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Floating solar company Ciel et Terre hits U.S. shores for first time
International alternative floating PV leader Ciel et Terre extends its large-scale floating photovoltaic (PV) technology to the U.S. with a new team in Petaluma, Calif., and a manufacturing facility in Georgia to provide a system that is entirely made in the United States. Established in 2006 as a renewable IndependentRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Big floating solar project underway in New Jersey
Work has begun on one of the largest floating solar arrays in the nation, in the Borough of Sayreville, N.J. Partner firms that will execute the project’s design and implementation include: Power Grid Capital LLC (project developer), Monticello Energy Finance LLC (project financing) and RETTEW (Engineer and Designer). The $12Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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World’s largest floating solar power plant on the way in Japan
In a joint venture, Kyocera Corporation and Century Tokyo Leasing Corporation announced that Kyocera TCL Solar LLC has started construction of the world’s largest 13.7-MW floating solar power plant on the Yamakura Dam reservoir, managed by the Public Enterprises Agency of Chiba Prefecture in Japan for industrial water services. ScheduledRead More — Solar Builder magazine